Curtain retainer



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CURTAIN Application filed February To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnron G. Havnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls. in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Retainers. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for temporarily retaining the loose pendant lower portions of curtains. portieres and lik draperies at the sides of the openings over which they are ordinarily displayed.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a retainer capable of engaging the curtain so as to hold the same effectively but loosely when the window is opened and to prevent said curtain or draperies from being blown in and out of the opening by the wind; to allow the free passage of air and to prevent them from becoming soiled and wrinkled by contact with the window sill, screens or weather.

Another purpose is to produce a retainer that, when in an inoperative position, is unobtrusive and inconspicuously held out of the way, closely adjacent the frame enclosing the opening over which the curtain is disposed.

A further aim is in the provision of retaining devices of unusual merit, due to the simplicity, novelty and strength of their con struction and the fact that the same retainer can be used on either side of the opening.

These and other *material aims, objects and purposes are accomplished by the novel construction and disposition of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevationaL View of the retainer, drawn to an enlarged scale and showing in broken lines its raised or inoperative position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the retainer as extended and the securing means used therewith. y 7

Figure 41 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 44: of Fig. 2.

, Vhileit is well known that means exist for" hold ng a curtain or the like to the sides at a window casing and to furnish NIAGARA NEW YORK.

RETAINER.

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such means in the form of looped cords, chains and even pivoted arms, of which nature the present invention partakes, novelty will be seen in the improved construction of arm, bracket and the connection therebetween.

In the conventional type of window shown in Figure 1, the numeral 10 designates the sill, 11 the window casing or frame, 12 the glazed sash and 13 a type of curtain drapery commonly used in connection therewith to partially obscure the light, softening its etfect and preventing outsiders from observing the interior.

It is often desirable and indeed custo1nary to part these relatively light curtains, spreading their lower portions apart and retaining them, temporarily at least, in such partially withdrawn position, which in the present invention is accomplished in the following manner.

Attached to the outer edge of the window casing side element 11, at a point slightly above the sill, is a bracket 14 composed of a strip of sheet met'al'having parallel side edges, equivalent in width to the edge of the window casing, and preferably curved convexly at its ends.

The lower portion of the strip or plate is bent at a right angle to produce an outstanding fiange 15 extending squarely across the bracket: near the upper end and adjacent the sides are a pair of raised longitudinal lugs 16, formed by indenting the metal from the back side, the purpose of these lugs later becoming evident.

Centrally of the bracket, near its upper edge, is a counter-sunk opening 17 suited to receive a wood screw 18 having a fiat level head flush with the bracket face when secured in place.

Another opening 1.9 is formed through the bracket, spaced equidistant between the side edges and above the flange 15 and fixed in this opening is a hollow tubular rivet 20, the same extending through the semicircular rounded end 21 of an arm 22 having at its opposite end a curved, hook-like portion 23.

The rivet 20 is flanged outwardly against the rear surface of the bracketle and also at its outer end over the edges of the opening through which it passes in the arm element 21, but in such manner that the arm can, be rotated on the rivet, thus giving a able bearii'ig' area, and it is to retainer the of the element 941'." r

screw 24 is in direct engagement with the arm at any time and thus is iected or loosened the rivet.

In operation the bracket and arm are engaged by the rivet and when fixed in. operat-ive position the parts are securely held by the screws 18 and 24.

As the arm 22 is somewhat resilient it permits of being sprung over the lugs 16 when raised into an inoperative position, as shown by the broken lines in Figs. 1 and 2, these lugs acting as detents but allowing the arm wholly unafby pivoting the arm upon to be turned past them in either direction upon application of force.

. Should the arm pivot too freely on the rivet it can be tightened by setting up the screw 24 to any desired extent and the screw will obviously maintain its adjusted position.

The use of the device is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 and from it the manner in which the curtain material is held by the arm is apparent.

Although the foregoing is descriptive of the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent that minor changes may be made in its construction, without the exercise of invention or conflicting with the scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what T claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. A curtain retainer comprising an arm, a symmetrically formed bracket, a tuliiular rivet fixed centrally in the lower portion oi? said bracket on which said arm is pivoted to extend laterally outward from either side, a flange on said bracket supporting said arm when extended, and means for securing said bracket to a. window frame, said means including a screw passing through said rivet.

2. A curtain retainer comprising an arm, a reversible bracket, a tubular rivet fixed centrally in said bracket on which said arm is pivoted, means integral with said bracket for supporting said arm when turned outwardly in either direction, and screws securing said bracket to a window frame, one of said screws having its head flush with the surface of the bracket and the other passing througl'i said tubular rivet.

3. i curtain retainer comprising an arm having an out-turned end, a reverslble bracket engageable with a window frame, a tubular rivet connecting said arm to the bracket, said bracket having a flange at one end adapted to support the arm when extended horizontally in either direction, and means on the lateral edges of said bracket adapted to retain said arm when in an upright position.

41-. A curtain retainercomprising a bracket adapted to be secured window frame, an arm having an outwardly curved end, atubular rivet fixed to extend rigidly outward from said bracket and on which said arm is pivoted, one of the bracket securing means passing through said rivet clear of the arm, a pair of lugs formed integrally at the upper end of said bracket, said lugs being" spaced to receive the arm between them, anti an outstanding flange formed on the lower end of said bracket adapted to support said arm when turned laterally outward in either direction, said bracket and arm being reversible.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of February, 1923.

FREDERICK C. HAVENS. il itnesses THOMAS R. SMITH, NEIL J. MoConMion.

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